LOCAL AUDITIONS: The Scottsboro Boys

Playhouse on Park | 244 Park Road | W.Htfd, CT 06119

March 10, 6-10pm

Playhouse co-artistic directors Sean Harris and Darlene Zoller are seeking local Multi – talented performers who dance, sing, and act extremely well. Strong willingness to collaborate as an ensemble is essential for the development of this production.

Looking for individuals who are passionate about this story and recognize the need to perform it at this time:

The Scottsboro Boys is a haunting and powerful portrait of bravery in the face of enormous adversity. Nine African-American men were ripped from a train and accused of rape by two white women. Hauled to jail without a shred of actual evidence against them, The Scottsboro Boys were rushed through trial procedures, found guilty and sentenced to death. The musical is a stirring and provocative work depicting one of the most important and notorious chapters in the history of the American Civil Rights movement.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN AUDITION, PLEASE EMAIL SEAN HARRIS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR YOUR HEADSHOT AND RESUME AND THE ROLE YOU DESIRE: sharris@playhousetheatregroup.org

SEEKING Haywood Patterson: Male, African American, 25-35
a Scottsboro Boy; plans to travel and see the world, while looking for
work; a natural leader committed to finding the truth and refusing to
give in to the demands of white superiors; vocal range top: C#5; vocal
range bottom: B2. AEA OR NON AEA

Interlocutor: Male, White, 35-60
the host of the minstrel show and narrator of our story; confident and
always a smile on his face, he constantly talks to the Boys to keep
control of the show; doublings include Judge and Governor of Alabama;
vocal range top: C4; vocal range bottom: C3. AEA OR NON AEA

Clarence Norris: Male, African American, 26-32
a Scottsboro Boy traveling to Memphis to begin work on a river barge;
he is fed up waiting for handouts, vocal and frustrated with a
short-fused temper; doubling as Preacher; vocal range top: F4; vocal
range bottom: G2. NON AEA

Eugene Williams: Male, African American, 15-22
a Scottsboro Boy heading for Memphis, he is sneaking away from his home
in Atlanta with a pet frog; the youngest boy of the group; he is the
most emotionally vulnerable and suffers from nightmares in jail;
doubling as Little George; vocal range top: A4; vocal range bottom: A2.
NON AEA

Olen Montgomery: Male, African American, 22-28 a
Scottsboro Boy heading to Memphis to try and get new glasses after being
painfully kicked out by his father; he initially tries to escape
punishment by blaming others; vocal range top: A4; vocal range bottom:
B2. NON AEA

The Lady: Female, African American, 25-45 a woman
in 1955 waiting for the bus after a long day of work; her memories
trigger a retelling of the Scottsboro Boys story, and elicits occasional
participation. NON AEA